Baptist Health invites public input on cancer center, NICU Baptist Health Paducah wants to hear from the public as it moves forward with plans to develop a comprehensive all-under-one-roof Regional Cancer Care Center and expand its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Baptist Health leaders will share details about both projects and answer questions at meetings on Thursday, Nov. 20 â “ on the cancer center at 6 p.m., NICU at 7 p.m. â “ in the Baptist Heart Center auditorium. We need the communitys input and support to bring these needed services to fruition, said President William A. Brown. Our mission has always been to enhance the health of the communities we are privileged to serve. Preliminary plans call for the cancer center to be developed adjacent to the current radiation therapy area on the northeast end of the campus on the Broadway side. It will bring together radiation therapy, outpatient chemotherapy, lab, rehabilitation, research, education resources, palliative care, dietary counseling, complementary medicine and retail space â “ with nurse navigators to assist patients and their families as they go from diagnosis through treatment. Patients coming in for treatment or consultation can get everything they need in one location, Brown said. In addition, the hospital recently received state approval to add four licensed beds to its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, bringing the total to 10. The expansion will be conducted in phases over two years, first involving the relocation of some physician offices in Doctors Office Building 2 to make space available. Since 2011, more than 700 babies have been able to receive special care in Paducah, rather than requiring their families to travel to distant NICUs. We look forward to being able to meet the needs of more families who would have had to travel several hours away to be with their babies, Brown said.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:13:37 +0000
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